ama: that has been resolved but as liz kreutz found, it is a band-aid solution. >> he is enjoying hisw days of winter break but his mom has been getting worried. this morning she did not know if her seven-year-old would have a way to get to school next week. >> first it was adequate transportation and now they are talking we won't have any transportation at all for our kids to get there. >> she relies on buses to get him from their home in marin city to a school in sausalito. he was moved as part of a school integration effort, but since the year began, the bus has been unreliable, often late, sometimes broken and a few times has not showed up at all. >> our kids were getting to school right at the start. sometimes even late. they would not really have time to eat breakfast. >> he is the district superintendent. he says the nationwide school bus and bus driver shortage has made it nearly impossible to find a reliable transportation option for the youngest student. >> we have reached out to the airport, any transportation company in our location. >> this afternoon -- -- afternoon there

everybody i'm liz kreutz here. you were just watching a special report about the devastation in the midwest from those tornadoes. as much as many as a hundred people or more could be dead. the governor of kentucky was saying and we will keep you updated on any developments we get their meantime back at home. lisa argen is tracking the weather locally here as well and lisa cold this morning. on the way later this weekend. yeah, liz. we are looking for a pattern change and that is going to arrive later on tonight. it was cold this morning. we're talking temperatures in the 20s with our hard freeze and that has expired numbers coming up into the 30s, but we're watching an area of low pressure offshore that will deepen and drag into the moisture that is going to be like a fire hose that will move over the bay area kind of up and down not consistent. leave for the past for the next four days, but on and off there's the system there and we'll be looking at conditions going downhill by overnight tonight. here's a look at

i am liz kreutz. let's start with a quick look at the weather. lisa: welcome back. good morning to you. we are starting out with foggy conditions along the shoreline. if you are headed across the golden gate some dense fog. live doppler seven showing you cloudy skies. 52 hayward. 50 novato. northerly winds dry out the atmosphere a little sooner. look at that mile and three-quarter visibility in fairfield. 2.5 miles in half moon bay. look at the upper level winds. from st. helena to mount diablo 37 miles per hour. it is a cooler start, two to six degrees cooler. air quality will be moderate. we will break out to sunny and slightly warmer conditions today with more 60's arriving. we will talk about rain chances arriving as soon as monday night. another chance later in the week. liz: thank you. a trendy san francisco restaurant is explaining its decision to turn away and deny service to three on-duty police officers. there is a social media firestorm corrupting. one of the officers spoke with abc 7 news -- one of the owners spoke with abc 7 news to explain their decisi

liz kreutz hit the road to see the conditions. et and soggy day in the north bay, but the rain showers have really been on and off. the biggest downpour happened around 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. here, there's always a concern about the creek when there's a big storm. you can see the water is moving pretty well in the creek. the danger zone is about 11 feet. 13 feet is when it overflows. to give perspective, it has been hovering around five feet today. the mayor says they are feeling very confident they will be prepared if there is more rain. >> we are not really concerned it will overflow what the banks but i do know town staff has been active and activated. they have been checking our storm drains. they have been checking for fallen debris. we have been in close contact with the county. floodgates stand at the ready. sandbags are ready for the populace. liz: when it comes to power outages, pg&e says the biggest outage in the north bay happened around 1:00 in santa rosa today. 4000 customers lost power, but they have been working t

it wasn't spreading walking through a clothing or hardware store. >> liz kreutz, abc 7 news. larry: the warriors are updating entry requirements for children 2-11 years old attending the arena. kids in that group will need to provide either proof of full vaccination or a negative covid test administered within 24 hours for an antigen test or 48 hours for a pcr test in advance of the event starting time. the policy will be enforced starting with friday nights metallica concert at the arena. kristen: the san francisco school board approved a plan to balance the $125 million budget shortfall and avoid estate takeover. the deadline to submit the plan is today and it calls for $50 million in cuts to school sites and 40 million dollars in cuts for services over the next two years, mainly headquarters jobs. during getting answers, the san francisco standard said this would not have an immediate impact in the classrooms. >> many of those positions i was told by the budget staff remain unfilled. so it is not necessarily going to mean teachers losing their jobs at this point, but it me

liz kreutz went to solano county for reaction. >> you better watch out and maybe try not to cry.e back across the state. in places like fairfield, people are going to have to mask up in indoor public laces. it is not something every -- not everybody is happy about. this nurse told us she is fed up with the mixed messaging. >> there are three masks, vaccination and distance. which one we are going to do, all of them or one of them? >> the public health officer in solano county has been an outlier among health officials when it comes to mask mandates. he says the data doesn't show wearing masks in public spaces leads to a declining cases. >> the reason is obvious, it is because public indoor spaces and vaccinated people is not where the disease was spreading. it was spreading at home. >> solano and marin counties are the only bay area counties that have no mask mandate. while they will see the most change starting tomorrow, many people tell us they have been masking up anyway. >> just because we don't know who is vaccinated. >> teresa owns a floral shop in downtown fairfield. she h

i am liz kreutz, and let's start with lisa argen. lisa: winter couple of days away , arriving tuesday, and we are feeling that with cold temperatures, rain, snow, and there is more on the way for the week ahead. the weekend starts off dry with fog inland east bay and temperatures that are at freezing. redwood city at 32. bellemont 36. menlo park only 33. we are looking at cold numbers from the peninsula to inland valleys to the north bay and fog slipping in from the east bay. half mile visibility to nothing at all for concord, nevermore, fairfield, and the golden gate bridge not bad. into the morning it stays chilly. numbers only i the 40'sn -- members only in the 40's. by noon, maybe a 50 degree reading with partly cloudy skies and several days of rain for the week ahead. liz: thank you. let's get to the latest covid developments, two of the most populated regions of the u.s. are reporting alarming single day case counts. new york state saw more than 21,000 new cases yesterday, the most of any day during the pandemic. l.a. reported

i'm liz kreutz and let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa. argen lisa. whether week ahead for us here. yeah liz this is the last total. dry day. we're going to see in a while this morning. it's certainly cold again in spots and not as much fog though. we do have some in livermore and santa rosa but the big picture still shows the jet stream and the storm track to the north, but look at the peninsula numbers. it is freezing in menlo park with 35 in redwood city 36, san mateo and as we look elsewhere into our inland valleys 36 in dublin with low. seasons san rafael due to that fog so looking at numbers anywhere from about a degree to 7 degrees slightly warmer than yesterday, but it is still chilly in spots in that fog not quite an issue as it was yesterday except up in santa rosa. so by nine o'clockhes of fog ane slow to clear again today 40s to low 50s by noon time in the afternoon. we'll see some low to mid 50s mildest numbers down in the south bay santa clara, san jose some mid-50s and see low 50s over in oakland today, so we'll track the rai

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i am liz kreutz.tion's season of giving efforts. they will host 200 families in need, giving them a christmas tree and holiday decorations. the families will be able to check out thrive city's winter wonderland. the warriors are hosting several more events around the bay area. let's check with lisa argen. lisa: use caution. we have a lot of fog. visibility at three quarters of a mile in livermore. quarter of a mile in santa rosa. nothing half moon bay. temperatures are cool, 40's and 50's. we will be warming up to low to mid 60's today. gusty northerly winds will make sound that fog mid-to-late morning. liz: thank you. th trelegy for copd. [coughing] ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze driftin' on by... ♪ if you've been playing down your copd,... ♪ it's a new dawn, it's a new day,... ♪ ...it's time to make a stand. start a new day with trelegy. ♪...and i'm feelin' good. ♪ no once-daily copd medicine... has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one

i'm liz kreutz developing news fire crews are investigating the cause of a three alarm fire in san.ehouse burned on the corner of newcomb and barn-veld avenues near bernal heights park, not far from 101 officials tweeted this video a couple of hours ago firefighters were able to control the flames officials say firefighters saved an antique tow truck. thankfully. nobody was hurt. today's staff at glide foundation will be accepting toy donations for their upcoming toy wonderland giveaway event the foundation works with community partners to serve low-income children. they say they are short hundreds of always this year they can drop toys off through thursday at glide at 3:30 ellis street in san francisco. if you can't make it to the site the organization is taking donations on its website glide dot org and lisa a busy morning, which tracking wayne rain on the way this weekend. yes today. it's a start liz our free morning, about to expire you can see how clear it is. look at all the 30s 37 in oakland, san jose half moon bay 34 44 downtown and look at the bridge here. where numbers are

. >> good afternoon, everybody, i'm liz kreutz in for kristen sze. you're getting answers for you in real time. so today year going to be looking at the travel nightmare unfolding across the country right now, thousands of flights have been cancelled or delayed due to the spread of covid, so many travelers have even had to rethink their plans because of it. we're going to talk to a travel industry analyst about what people should do if they're in this situation and how to avoid the travel headache in the future. first with 2022 around the corner, health experts are weighing in on what they see for the future of the pandemic. the chair of the department of medicine, recently spoke about masking, booster shots and demand for covid tests. he is feeling optimistic dpieste eth rapid spread of the ocrmion varit.an we have a lot to cover today,e w are tinhe midst of a very bhizy timeig rht now, a lot ofeo pple travelg,in gatheri wngith famyil andri fends as we mentiod.ne who critica ils this wkee in terms of understandingha wt is xtne for the pandemic? well

i am liz kreutz. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. it feels like christmas season. lisa: we are going to hold off on that for another day and a half, maybe two days. this morning, greeted again with warm temperatures, the fog not as much of an it is 39 in hayward. upper 30's in san ramon and livermore. a little patchy fog, but overall five to seven degrees milder from where it was very chilly yesterday. hayward, you are still cold out there. we will break into a mixture of clouds and sun today, still really cold through noon. by the afternoon, milder in the south bay. in the north bay, our inland valleys, probably about 50, so a chilly winter day with the sun setting at 4:53. we are going to gain sunlight into next week. liz: with christmas less than a week away, bay area shoppers are hitting the stores to find last-minute items. as tim johns tells us, it was more than just gifts on people's minds. >> as the holiday shopping season enters the final stretch, shoppers are hitting the stores around the bay area. one of the most popular s

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i'm liz kreutz a busy morning a lot to get you. ere. that's right, liz and you know, you usually associate tornadoes in the summer months, but they can occur any month

this comes amid rising concerns about crime in the city, but as abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz found outl has his supporters who say he's just a scapegoat. front and cen cen cen francisco. so is the recall election of attorney chase abudin today the city's top prosecutor gathered with his supporters who argued the attacks against him are unfounded and unfair. i really appreciate everything he's doing for our communities. i think it's very important and the safety of our city in san francisco mr. bodine was elected by our voters the majority and i don't think the recall is honoring that more than 80,000 san francisco signed the petition to recall boudin many feel the former public defender is not been tough enough. time but boudin supporters say he inherited many of the problems. he's now being blamed for and that. hasn't been in office long enough to make a fair judgment. do you feel like you're being set up as a scapegoat? there are lots of people who want to point the finger at my office and blame us for things. mary chung is the chair of the for sf without boudin campaign the group le

i'm julian glover in for liz kreutz this morning. we start off with the check of the forecast now with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. good morning, julian. everyone flowers, but they are going to be more scattered in the morning hours before they increasing coverage again later on this afternoon into monday. so it is a level one system right now. you can see the flow from the northwest to the southeast even a little bit of snow up here around clear lake as the air is certainly cold in the north bay novato to marinwood down through mill valley a few scattered light showers. you can see the pink there that indicates the freezing precipitation, san ramon 680 little wet there as we get down towards hayward and 580 and the hills over to the east yes, that is know we've had snow in mount hamilton a band of rain moving across the bay right now. so the peninsula just scattered light showers and down around los gatos through morgan hill. it's been certainly damp but nothing too organized right now. look at the current numbers.

i am liz kreutz, and let's start with lisa argen.ng that with cold temperatures, rain, snow, and there is more on the way for the week ahead. the weekend starts off dry with fog inland east bay and temperatures that are at freezing. redwood city

i'm liz kreutz a busy morning a lot to get you. let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen some real devasthere. that's right, liz and you know, you usually associate tornadoes in the summer months, but they can occur any month of the year and as we look at this, this is incredible because of the length of the track tornado going through three states at over a mile wide and 200. feet that he is 200 miles and it has traveled from arkansas to kentucky to mississippi so you can see the red there indicating that that track of tornado. those has certainly moved through the area lofting debris in the air and it's been on the ground for 200 miles with a mile wide. so the devastation you can only imagine. fantastic with those reds right there holding together as it pushes all the way. it looks like across mid-tennessee. so back home. we're going to be talking about a change in our weather. in fact, we've got the clouds right now. it's going to stay dry today. we'll be looking at rain coming in by this time to

this comes of course in concerns rising concerns about crime in the city, but as abc 7 news anchor liz kreutzo say he's just a scapegoat. with crime front and san francisco. so is the recall election of district attorney chase abudin today? the city's top prosecutor gathered with his supporters who argued the attacks against him are unfounded and unfair. i really appreciate everything. he's doing for our communities. i think it's very important and the safety of our city of san francisco mr. bodine was elected by our voters the majority and i don't think the recall is honoring that more. 80,000 san francisco signed the petition to recall boudin many feel the former public defender has not been tough enough on crime, but boudin supporters say he inherited many of the problems. he's now being blamed for and that he hasn't been in office long enough to make a fair judgment. do you feel like you're being set up as a scapegoat? there are lots of people who want to point the finger at my office and blame us for things. mary chung is the chair of the safer sf without boudin campaign the group leadin